Those Dumb Punk Kids

Those Dumb Punk Kids - Jello Biafra/The Melvins

Punk's been dumbed down

To just another form of TV

Marketed to shoppers

Spoonfed carton rebellion like sheep

Flock to worship any old school band

Who cares if they still care or if they're bad

Something new in town

Who wants to know

And look at all the whores

Reunions for wrong reasons

Playing only songs from the good old days

About how bad the good old days were

So why not us We don't

Even like this stuff no more

But look at all that retro-racket cash

Those dumb punk kids will buy anything

We'll sue the guy who wrote the songs

So we can sell them into commercials

Steal the name and hit the road

Trashing all our band stood for

We won't rehearse sound worse

Dig up some old child star

Who never learns the words

Hey we're back

Show us how much you care

The merch booth's right over there

Buy BUY

And if our scam works

What a bandwagon it will be

Malcolm in the Middle in the Misfits

Or Mary Kate and Ashley

Gary Coleman in Black Flag

Courtney in Nirvana at last

And Emmanuel Lewis

Back in action singing for the Germs

When will it end

When people see this for what it is

Rock and Roll Swindle Pistols backed a thief

So how bout Kenny Boy Lay

In Dead Kennedys

Kuz those dumb punk kids

Will buy anything

Kuz those dumb punk kids

Will buy anything